| Getting married is one of the most cherish experience | | | | like P&O Cruises have decided to go around the |
| of a lifetime. For a couple, there are so many venues | | | | problem by registering their ships at Bermuda instead. |
| you can pick to commemorate this wonderful moment | | | | With this change, cruise operators are able to evade |
| But, have you ever thought of exchanging your | | | | the issue of maritime marriages being non legal. |
| wedding vows onboard a cruise ship instead? It will | | | | Besides getting married on the sea and running the risk |
| certainly help to create a lasting, unforgettable memory | | | | of being non-legally married, wedding ceremonies can |
| for you and your spouse-to-be. | | | | be held at ports of calls whereby clergyman or civil |
| There are wedding cruise ships choices like Golden | | | | officials can standby for this off-ship wedding |
| Princess and Star Princess. Captains on board have | | | | arrangement. For those interested, you can find |
| been trained to lead through the marriage proceedings | | | | Carnival cruises that specialize in this sort of wedding |
| and record has shown that, more than 200 couples | | | | cruise packages. |
| have been married on cruise ships up till now. And to | | | | If you happen to be those one couples who just wish |
| share in this joyful occasion, cruise liners have helped | | | | to renew your wedding vows, there are also several |
| to setup internet video cameras to record the | | | | "vow-renewal packages" offered by cruise liners. |
| proceedings of the event live back to your loves ones | | | | Just to show further evidence that business is |
| and friends back home. | | | | booming for cruise ships that conduct wedding |
| However, marriages on board a ship are not without | | | | ceremonies, Emerald Princess, debuting in the year |
| its complications - legally speaking. Britain's Marriage | | | | 2007, is also including a wedding chapel in its shipboard |
| Act of 1949 has stated that weddings are only | | | | designs. As demand for cruise wedding ceremonies |
| recognizable if it is held in a "permanent, identifiable | | | | increase, chances are, more cruise ships will be |
| place''. That means getting married out in the open | | | | conducting weddings onboard its ships in the future. |
| British waters does not meet Britain's lawful | | | | Cruisers who are planning for a cruise wedding can |
| requirements. Because of this ruling, cruise ships liners | | | | definitely have more choices to choose from then. |